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Did you take a creative writing class in either high school or college? Write poetry or short stories in your spare time?
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Didn’t take any classes but both in high school and university I’ve had to write creative pieces and I enjoy them very much, I’ve always chosen to do so if it’s an option. Alas, much like drawing I haven’t done either in some time but would love to again.
No creative writing in HS or undergrad… but in middle school I was in POP – or Power of the Pen, a competitive creative writing team.
I also used to dabble and do scribbles but it was… well, nothing.
I’m quite happy as a reader now.
I’m sorry to say but in Croatia no such programmes exist. I did write a novella or two in my younger days 🙂
We didn’t have that kind of like classes. But I did write some short stories in my spare time, usually during the summer… But this happened before high school.
No i didn’t take any cause we don’t have.Neither at uni or school.
But i do write stories with a friend.
Over 3000 pages so far:)
I have never taken a creative writing class, but it’s something that I may do in the near future. I have always been a storyteller, and lately I have been putting more of thoughts to words on the page with short stories and poetry.
I have a journalism degree from U-Texas-Austin so I took LOTS of writing classes – all kinds
msboatgal at aol.com
I had creative writing in High School. It was part of English.
Nope never wrote short stories, but i did write poetry 🙂
We don’t have such classes at High School i’m in.
And on my own i don’t really write. I’m not good at this.
Like reading though!
I have never taken a course, only one in academic writing, boring. But I love to write and do so in my spare time
I took literature classes but no writing classes.
I dont believe we had those classes when back when. While I loved English, I did not like to write.
Loved to read and loved grammar beleive it or not.
In high school, we had creative writing components in our English class. We often had to read our creations to the class.
like a couple others have said, I had creating writing as part of my English class.
I have never written poetry or a short story.
I never took a creative writing class, but a few years ago I began to start writing in my free time. Love it!
No, I didn’t take any creative writing classes, but my English classes did require us to write a poem & a short story.
I’m taking oral communications now and it’s hard. I took english comp last spring and we made up our own stories. Loved the class.
tobfree35@sbcglobal.net
I took creative writing at community college. It was excellent timing, because my first serious boyfriend dumped me, giving me much material for angsty poetry. 😉 — willaful
I did a little creative writing in high school and college, but most of my writing energy went to journalism–high school newspaper, college radio station, etc.
I’ve never taken a writing class or written poems or short stories. The closest I’ve come is writing essays in English class in college – I got fairly creative with good results as far as grades went.
Barbed1951(at)aol(dot)com
I write poems (usually for my own pleasure) and have attempted to write stories. The daughter is the writer in our family though.
I took a creative writing class in college but was not very creative or good at! I would rather read someone eles’s stories or poetry. Mine was really bad and the grades showed it! Yikes! I do remember a hot guy in my class who always asked for my help! 🙂
eric250r@coosnet.com
I never took a writting class.I wish I could write but it takes all i have to just write a letter
I tried writing in high school English, but I was a complete failure at it. 🙁
Yes, yes, and yes. And I taught them too!
OMG–creative writing up to the feet of the Almighty in both high school and college. In fact, at Stephens College, if you couldn’t write well you didn’t do well. I have been so grateful for HS teachers that insisted that we write essays and poetry of various styles–I really didn’t do Haiku well–and especially liked sonnets. So I hope that our schools once again–eventually–find ways of getting more instruction in writing into the English and other language curricula. Great book line-up–please count me into the drawing.
I received an English degree in college so yes, I did all sorts of writings. I still journal to this day to de-stress.
joderjo402 AT gmail DOT com
I didn’t have a creative writing class, but I enjoy dabbling in writing. Sometimes I write poems and begin writing a book. Unfortunately, I have several unfinished manuscripts. I have a tough time finishing.
No creative writing at all.
Nope! Not fond of writing at all! Thats why I picked a major with the least amount of essay-like writing, computer science 🙂
Hello,
Yeah, I took a few creative writing classes in HS & College. I took them mostly because they were required. I preferred literature classes where I could read and discuss books, instead.
It was a writing course I was taking that really fueled my love of reading!
In HS, I took a creative writing course for the credits needed. My instructor mentioned that something I’d written reminded her of something she’d read (in a flattering way). It was the first time I really “got” the connection between writing and reading.
I went on and got a journalism degree but wish I had the talent to write fiction. Mine is…flat at best.
I never took a class for it, but I’ve always loved to write 🙂
I had creative writing my junior year in highschool and loved it!!! I wrote a lot of poetry and short stories and had some stuff published in our literary magazine. I tried for longer stories, but once I reached the middle I would loose interest or try to hurry through the end. So, I stuck with mainly poetry. Writing has always been my strong suit and any writing or language arts classes I passed with flying colors. The rest, I stuggled through, mainly ’cause there was no interest in geometry and whatnot 🙂
I don’t remember taking creative writing in high school or college. But I did used to sneak off and write short stories when I went to visit my Nana and Papa. My Mom is 1 of 8 so there were always people, aunts, uncles and cousins there when we visited. It was the only way to escape and be by myself.
Brandy W
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I never took creative writing in high school, but use to (and still do) write novel length books all the time
I took creative writing in both high school and college. I really liked it but never bothered to pursue writing outside of a journal. annhonATaolDOTcom
I didn’t take any creative writing classes. But I did take Journalism is high school and wrote for our newspaper.
ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net
I took advanced English and Lit which had creative writing tied in with it. I did not take a classes devoted entirely to creative writing. I did used to write short stories and poetry and have a few published.
Pam S
pams00 @aol.com
I wrote poetry in high school. It was free-verse, angtsy… you know, 80’s version of Emo teenager (though I didn’t do the black hair and eye makeup and cutting part).
I never took a class, but loved writing short stories in elementary school and junior high, then had the pleasure beaten out of me in high school.
I didn’t get back to writing until the last couple of years and now I’ve written a few unpublished novels. I’m working on my craft, right?
I did have a creative writing class in high school. I only remember writing a few poems.
I took creative writing in high school (it was about the only honors English class that year). I didn’t take any creative writing classes in college though and the only poetry I write are haikus.
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That’s a pretty eclectic set of books you are giving away today. I don’t have a creative bone in my body so I happily avoided the creative writing classes in high school and college.
I’ve never taken a class but I am writing a story in my spare time.
I didn’t take any of the classes but i did write poetry 🙂
I took one in college but that was 35ys ago.